Blackforest cake

He has been fond of blackforest cake for the longest time probably it was the first cake that was introduced to him. Although his range of favourite cakes has expanded, blackforest still remain at the top of his list of favourites.
These was taken during one of those evenings when I needed the sweet crave for cakes. My choice of tiramisu and his choice of blackforest. We have yet to discover Balqis' favourite as she seems to enjoy every single flavor of cake which was served to her.

Attempting puzzles

I took out some of Ilyasak's older puzzles which was shelved for quite some time to let Balqis attempt it. Surprisingly she was able to complete 3-5 pieces puzzle with minimal help from me. I had to give hints along the way though like asking her to rotate to get d exact fit and asking her to observe d colours and design of the individual piece to get d correct match up. I am real happy over her progress. I will dig more puzzles for her then.

Maybe I should get Ilyasak to start on doing puzzles again. This boy is simply unique as he does not seem to show interest in d usual typical activities or items which children his age enjoy. For instance, he needs to be coaxed to draw or colour a simple figure or two. He only like vehicles, wheels, gears and those items if that nature. It kind of worrying but I guess each individual child is unique in his or her own way.

Puzzles

I tried giving Balqis some of the simple puzzles from our collection. Basically from the time I started Ilyasak on them. She was able to complete with minimal help from me. I only had to teach her that she needs to rotate, observe the pictures, colours or the cutting of the puzzle pieces to get the correct fitting to the entire puzzle.
I will definitely introduce more puzzles to her in the future.

Maybe I should get Ilyasak to start on doing puzzles again. This boy is simply unique as he does not seem to show interest in the usual typical activities or items which children his age enjoy. For instance, he needs to be coaxed to draw or colour a simple figure or two. He only like vehicles, wheels, gears and those items of that nature. Its kind of worrying but I guess each individual child is unique in his or her own way.

Under the weather again

Ilyasak is down with fever again today. His temperature was 37.1 in the morning so I didn't think too much of it and send him off to school. However, he didnt look too good when we fetched him from school. Even his teacher informed us that he was lying on the floor looking weak during dismissal time. True enough, it was high fever of 39.1 when we checked his temperature again. Ever since this year, his fever will always be on the high side of more than 38.5 whenever he was down with one which worries us a lot.

Balqis on the other hand is down with runny nose since two days ago. Thank god! Hopefully she stays away from fever. It's always a big worry whenever our little ones are down with fever- like holding on to a time bomb where we constantly has to check on its figures.

Thankfully hubby is on childcare leave today which help to lighten my daily load with the kids. It can get real depressing if you have sick kids refusing their meals and wanting to be coaxed just to finish their meals.

They are off to their own slumber after their own dosages of the meds. Hope the hubs and I can brave the tide with neither of us getting the bug. Hope the kids recover real soon and be out and about to play.

Daily morning walks

Our daily morning would usually be walking Ilyasak to his kindy and Balqis and I will move on to a nearby playground, the field or to the supermarket for some grocery shopping on items which I forgot the day before. Both Balqis and I will enjoy the cool morning breeze sitting down on a bench observing people with their morning rush. Also immersing in nature, studying the different types of leaves, fruits and flowers when she picks it up for closer observation. Looking at snails plodding by which we will do when Ilyasak is early and has some time to join us for the walks before school starts.
I really love such activities with my kids and hope to be able to do it in years to come.

My kind boy

Just a few nights ago when all three of us (balqis, ilyasak and I) were getting ready for bed, Ilyasak asked me: " umi do you need me to take the eyedrop for you?" I went, "Awww you are so sweet." How can such sugar coated words not melt a mother's heart. The answer to his question was a "yes" of course. He even waited for me to finish the eye drops and took the empty vial to the trash can. This is my boy, he can just be so caring when you least expected. He has been taking the eye drops for me ever since then every single night. Lets hope this simple act of kindness is here to stay.

Ilyasak turns 5

This is a recent photograph of him-taken for his passport.

Ilyasak turned 5 yesterday. He woke up in the morning asking whether it was the 3rd of August and that he'd turned 5 already. He asked the hubs to check his height and even asked him to lug out the weighing machine to have his weight taken-to check if there was an increase in his weight now that he is 5 years old. We felt tickled at the way these young children are thinking. To them turning a year older equals to weight gained ha!ha! He had been on the constant check recently especially after we told him that he needs to gain another 2 kg before his next visit to the dietician.

We didnt have a fancy celebration, just a simple cake cutting at my mom's yesterday. He got his 'balloon' cake though. The cake was not much to be harped about as the decoration on the cake turned out to be just a piecce of plastic sheet simply plonked on the cake. We had to removed the plastic just to cut the cake. Upon removal of the plastic decoration, the cake looked nothing more like just an ordinary little cake. Well, at least he got the cake he wants and he had been wanting this particular cake since last year. For the record, he only ate a tiny piece from hs birthday cake unike other kids who would jump to request for the second or even the third helping.

We plan to take him out today as the hubs managed to get leave so not really sure where we will head to since its the fasting month- kind of drained out if we do too much physical activiy and Balqis is coughing really badly too.

Happy Birthday Ilyasak! Umi, Abi and Balqis love you dearly.